Industrial design registration

Türkiye: practical decision and evidence

Industrial design protection concerns a product’s appearance, including shape, lines, colour and surface features. Compare novelty and individual character before filing. Features dictated solely by technical function are a different issue and are not protected merely because they appear in a photograph.

Worked file: a product combines an unusual surface pattern with a purely functional connector. Identify which visible appearance is claimed and document the creator and disclosure chronology. Review technical-function exclusions separately; commercial novelty of the mechanism alone does not establish protectable design appearance.

Design protection conditions

Design protection depends on novelty and individual character, considering the informed user’s overall impression and the designer’s freedom. Compare dated earlier appearances. Mere novelty in a product name does not establish a protectable appearance.

Design representations

Prepare consistent views that disclose the same design and its relevant visible features. Explain omitted views and any excluded parts where required. Mixed colours, inconsistent shapes or unclear contours can leave the intended protection uncertain.

Registered and unregistered designs

In Türkiye, registered designs begin with five years, renewable up to twenty-five; unregistered protection concerns qualifying first disclosure in Türkiye and lasts three years. Preserve disclosure evidence. These routes have different scope and proof issues and are not substitutes for every foreign filing.

Official filing and support

This guidance concerns Turkish rights unless a section expressly names another jurisdiction. Kayra can coordinate research, document preparation and follow-up. Registration, opposition and grant decisions belong to the competent office. Verify any required representative’s registration and authority before appointing them; court proceedings require appropriately qualified legal representation. The enquiry form requests consultancy, and does not itself file an official application.

Primary official sources

• TÜRKPATENT — Design applications and procedures
• WIPO Lex — Türkiye — Industrial Property Law No.6769
• TÜRKPATENT / ePATS — Official electronic application system
• WIPO / Hague — Guidance on design reproductions